Shell Taps Executive
To Head U.S. Division

HOUSTON -- Supplementing its campaign to return to the elite of Big Oil, Royal Dutch-Shell has tapped an American-born executive to manage the Anglo-Dutch company's U.S. division.

John Hofmeister, currently Shell's Director of Human Resources, will transfer from the Hague to Houston in early March, where he will serve as U.S. country chair and President of Shell Oil Co. Aside from overseeing key oil-producing and refining assets, the...